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MAUNA KEA – Opponents of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea are planning to make a stand Thursday, despite the threat that they will be arrested by Hawaii County police should they choose to block construction crews from access to the summit.
Things were quiet on Wednesday, the calm before the storm. Many of the self-described protectors of the mountain expect today to be the day of reckoning. Police already informed them what would happen if they do not stand aside. Many indicated they would not, and are prepared to be arrested for their cause.
“I go to stand at the foot of my kupuna mauna,” Lanakila Mangauil wrote on Facebook Wednesday. “To protect my tutu mauna from machine welding, greed fueled industrial brutality. I will stand for what is Pono. No laws of corrupt man will enslave my heart and keep me from fallowing my na’au.”
To all the maka’i, the officers tomorrow who will carry out the dirty work of the $$$ masters, I will oli to your na’au, i call your sovereign spirit to the forfront of your actions. The world is shifting, consciousness is growing, honor is being recognized in those who fallow the righteous path and not false honor to thoes who simply fallow instructions.
Our stance for the Mauna has already begun to ripple across the world, I work for that ripple to carry our message of True Aloha!Lanakila Mangauil
So, how does one earn the right to speak for their entire culture and the gods? And do neither evolve in views over the course of centuries? How do you pick and choose which ancient laws apply, and which to ignore? Why do the majority of Hawaiians support the telescopes? Why haven’t the gods taken action against the 13 existing telescopes?
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We are praying for Mauna ‘a Wakea and your protection and safety. All of you so brave and loyal we love you so much!!!
I am sure the ones who support the telescopes are NOT HAWAIIAN!!!! Just because you are born there doesnt make you HAWAIIAN! Find another mountain to put the damn telescopes on..!!!#&*(% BS!!
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Wakea isnʻt the only kupuna that we have to protect on Mauna Kea. Many of our divine akua dwell there. Our ancestors have journeyed their ways from Kahiki and they chose Hawaiʻi to be there final resting place. How do we keep our lands sacred, our culture alive, and our kupuna safe and happy when we let devastation reap the benefits of what is waiwai to us as kanaka! GET UP STAND UP! STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS! GET UP STAND UP! DONʻT GIVE UP THE FIGHT! #Ola
Should have arrested them earlier.
I personally would welcome(‘A‘ole pilikia) the telescope because that means no building in the future around here. So we give a little but we gain a lot. As far as the comment about being Hawaiian if you were born here and your (Ohana)parents were from here your (Maoli) Hawaiian regardless of color or ancestry. Please we all want the same thing to keep the (Moku) island and mountain as pristine as possible. My old wise grandfather once said while we explore we all make footprints the trick is to make the least amount of foot print as possible (Aloha aina). A hui hou Kakou Aloha
There’s another way to restore justice. It’s called common law.
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